Israel Regardie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Israel Regardie

Author and Occultist

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1907

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1985

Profession: writer, psychotherapist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Israel Regardie

  • Francis Israel Regardie (; nĂ© Regudy; November 17, 1907 – March 10, 1985) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who spent much of his life in the United States.
  • He wrote fifteen books on the subject of occultism. Born to a working-class Orthodox Jewish family in the East End of London, Regardie and his family soon moved to Washington, D.C.
  • in the United States.
  • Regardie rejected Orthodox Judaism during his teenage years and took an interest in Theosophy, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jewish mysticism.
  • It was through his interest in yoga that he encountered the writings of the occultist Aleister Crowley.
  • Contacting Crowley, he was invited to serve as the occultist's secretary, necessitating a move to Paris, France in 1928.
  • He followed Crowley to England before their association ended.
  • Living in England, he wrote two books on the Qabalah, A Garden of Pomegranates and The Tree of Life.
  • In 1934 he then joined the Stella Matutina—a ceremonial magic order descended from the defunct Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn—but grew dissatisfied with its leadership and left.
  • He also studied psychology, being particularly influenced by ideas from Jungian psychology, and explored Christian mysticism. In 1937 he returned to the United States.
  • Concerned that the Golden Dawn system of ceremonial magic would be lost, he published the Stella Matutina rituals in a series of books between 1938 and 1940.
  • This entailed breaking his oath of secrecy and brought anger from many other occultists.
  • During the Second World War he served in the U.S.
  • Army.
  • On returning to the U.S., he gained a doctorate in psychology before relocating to Los Angeles in 1947 and setting up practice as a chiropractor.
  • In 1981 he retired and moved to Sedona, Arizona, where he died of a heart attack four years later.

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